Palestinian shot dead in Nablus

A Palestinian teenager has been shot dead and 11 others wounded by Israeli occupation troops in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, Palestinian medical and security sources said.

10 Aug 2004 09:18 GMT

The Palestinian toll since September 2000 has hit 3226

Salim Al-Kussa, 18, was killed when the Israeli soldiers opened fire on Tuesday to disperse stone-throwing protesters, witnessess added.

Earlier in the day, three Jewish settlers were injured in an attack on their bus east of Qalqilya city in the West Bank, Aljazeera's correspondent in Palestine reported.

Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. The Israeli occupation army said it had sent a large number of troops to the area.

South of Gaza, Palestinian fighters fired two anti-tank missiles at a Jewish settlement on Tuesday, the correspondent said, quoting Israeli security sources.

One of the missiles hit an electricity line, causing a power cut in the settlement, the correspondent added.

Nablus raided

In another attack on Tuesday, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas movement, claimed responsibility for firing three Qassam 2 missiles at Etsmona settlement in Gosh Qatif compound south of Gaza.

The Brigades' fighters shot the missiles at 6:45 am local time and then withdrew, the statement to Aljazeera added.

Israeli bulldozers demolishedPalestinian houses in al-Qarara

Amid the attacks and counter-attacks, an Israeli special force hit the al-Qasaba neighbourhood in the OldCity in Nablus, where clashes had taken place earlier with Palestinians, the correspondent said.